Taylor Meyer 14 oints, 8 rebounds, 3 assists
(photos by Jim Lindquist)
The Tigers made a little history Friday night, Feb. 25, with their 56-37 win over New Prague.
The victory gave Farmington (22-3) a three-way tie for the Missota Conference title with Chanhassen and Shakopee, the first time a Farmington girls hoops team has worn a conference crown. Girls basketball started in Farmington in 1974.
New Prague who beat the Tigers 45-42 in New Prague last month, entered the contest locked in a four-way knot atop the Missota leaderboard, but had no answer for the aggressive Farmington defense in the first half.
"One thing we wanted to do was really make it hard on their two best players on defense and attack them with the dribble on offense," coach Jason Berg said. "We accomplished both.
The Trojans made just three of 25 field goal attempts over the first 18 minutes and left the floor at intermission staring up at a 28-12 deficit.
Taylor Meyer netted 10 of her 14 points and Elena Koch eight of her game-high 17 in the opening period.
New Prague cut the deficit to 11 points at 41-30 with five minutes to play but the Tigers responded with eight unanswered points, four by Jamie Kenealy, to push the lead back to 19.
"Our kids did a great job of executing our game plan," Berg said.
Jordan Bridges 13 points, 11 rebounds
Jordan Bridges joined Koch and Meyer in double figures with 13 points and also pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. Meyer and Koch each had eight boards for Farmington who owned a 41-25 advantage on the glass.
Paige Steele handed out a team-high four assists; Meyer and Koch had three apiece. The Tigers did turn the ball over 19 points but only one led to an easy Trojan basket.
"We knew if we could get them to play against our half court defense they would have trouble scoring," Berg said.
The Tigers will leave their conference title behind and turn their attention to the playoffs when they open Section 1AA play Saturday, March 5 at Tiger Gym against a team to be determined.
